blackwolf wrote:
> Hello,
> an information, i want to learn cobol but i don't know where i can find
the
> interpreter for windows, can you help me please
I suggest you purchase Thane Hubbell's book "Sam's Teach Yourself COBOL
in 24 Hours", which should be available at Amazon and other internet
book shops. It includes a free Fujitsu COBOL compiler that is a
student edition with limitations on deployment and program size, but is
nevertheless very good value.
As far as I know there are no interpreters for COBOL, programs are, I
think, always compiled, though many have debugging facilities to allow
you to step through code one instruction at a time.
If you are working for a company already using COBOL, then you could
ask them for manuals or download them yourself from the suppliers's
websites. A copy of the ISO/ANSI COBOL 1985 standard can be downloaded
from NCITS (formerly ANSI) for $18 with the two amendment modules
included. It is a good idea to learn to write programs that comply
with the standards, rather than use the vendor's extensions, where that
can be reasonably avoided. Though there is a 2002 standard, no
implementors have yet provided a fully compliant compiler, though
several have implemented parts of it.
Bill Klein's FAQ is highly recommended despite not having been revised
for a few years. It can be found via comp.lang.cobol.
Robert
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